When Lu Shibu waited for the team to come to the county office, Guo Tianxing had already rushed out to greet him.

The occupation of the county government did not occur as Lu Shi said.

Zhang Xian Ling waited in the county office all day long, dispatched materials and manpower at any time, listened to the report of the war in the city, and appeased the businessmen and wealthy gentry who kept coming to inquire about the details.

Not for anything else, just for yesterday's dinner, he took out a lot of blanks to say goodbye, promising the gentry and rich families, as long as they have great merit and rice fat to defend the city, they can give one to sue themselves, and a son of his family is an official and a servant.

At that time, the response was greatly out of their own surprise, before dawn, there was already a crowd of guests outside the yamen, almost all the gentry and wealthy businessmen rushed to donate, especially the merchants.

Ming commerce can not be said to be underdeveloped, but following thousands of years of habits, China is based on farming and reading, businessmen are considered to compete with the people for profit, and their rankings are still behind prostitutes, no matter how much furniture you have, you are rich and rival the country, but you can wear silk and satin at home, wear gold and silver, but once you enter and leave the officialdom, sorry, you have to dress in cloth and take off gold and silver jewelry, otherwise it is a transgression sin, you can take you down at that time, and beat your ass.

Just like that, be careful, be careful, live trembling, but it can't completely guarantee the safety of the chapter's furniture, as the so-called, the poor don't fight with the rich, the rich don't fight with the officials, once something happens, even if it's a county government helper, you can call you in exchange, take it by force, even a little official can teach you to go bankrupt, and a county order can immediately make your family ruined.

There is also the fact that the children of businessmen are not allowed to do official examinations, so they will always lack a real protective umbrella.

If you want to keep your family property from losing, there are only two ways, first, to be attached to the name of the officials and gentry, and to share profits with cadres every year, and the second is to desperately stuff money into every official.

Well, this time, this is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, once there is an official in his own family, not only to change the status of the family, but also to protect his own furniture, how much gold and silver have to be fought for.

As a result, there was an enthusiastic donation of this scene, and the money and grain were almost piled up in the Yamen Square, and the whole box of silver was carried into the Yamen, which began to make those who regarded money as their life also began to regard money as dung.

Let's not talk about the war outside, but my yamen has already made a lot of gains here.

At the same time, Zhang County ordered here to continue to have servants to help the south city to report the results, he firmly believes that the south city is the main attack place of the pole, as long as he holds the south city, the county is even if it is saved, today I see the pole will be all the people in the north city, some people in the east city, and the west city continues to transfer people and horses, strengthen the south gate, and put on a posture of victory and defeat in one fell swoop, at that time he was more sure of his conjecture with Xu Zhong of a thousand households.

Now, as long as the pole and axe at the south gate are resisted, the pole that has suffered heavy losses will be demoralized, and there will be no siege strength, then this Mizhi offensive and defensive battle will turn into a protracted confrontation.

Protracted? Pole, you are delusional, how long can you support your little food and grass? If you want to fight food on the spot (rob or buy, but still rob), you are even more delusional, you have already cleared the walls of the people and civilians within a radius of thirty miles from this county, even if there is not a grain of grain, the rest is a forest of fortresses all over the place, you can't draw out a large army to attack, then what awaits you is hunger and cold.

Then for five or seven days at most, when your morale is exhausted and the grain and grass are cut off, I think that Mr. Qian has already taken the blank and rectified the township warriors of the outside families, not more, as long as there are two thousand new forces, under the light of high-ranking officials and Houlu, they can burst out with unlimited combat effectiveness.

In fact, there are also reports in Xicheng, after all, the thieves in Xicheng look different from other places, and they can't be careless.

But at the beginning, the reports were that the thieves in Xicheng were just standing there, driving away some old and weak women and children to bluff, and there was no real siege at all, and during this period, several waves of poles were continuously dispatched to reinforce Nancheng, which made me even more reassured, and I no longer wasted manpower.

So when Qianhu asked for reinforcements to Nancheng several times, Zhang Xianling decisively released all the strength in his hands, hoping to take the opportunity to give the pole a great deal of damage when the Nancheng pole attacked desperately, and also reduced the pressure and increased the chance of victory for the future internal and external cooperation to break the thief army.

During this period, Xicheng Fu sent people to ask for help, but Zhang Xianling judged the same as Xu Zhong of the thousand households, and at the same time, based on the same observations, reprimanded the cowardice of the town.

In order to get rid of responsibility, I set off cannons and shouted on the city wall, but outside the city, I didn't hear a golden drum or shout to kill, are you an idiot when I am a dignified county? is to give a death order, if you dare to make noise again, then your suppression will not be done, and you will be guilty of neglecting the morale of the army on the spot, so the frightened calmer will not dare to annoy again.

Nancheng shouted and killed, but it was weak for a while, and such a literati were above the county government hall, and his mood was relaxed for a while. When the shouting and killing subsided like a tide again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the most difficult time of the day finally passed, so Zhang County ordered the kitchen to rectify the banquet and celebrate the meritorious people again.

Just when everyone was celebrating for fame and fortune, suddenly there was an earth-shattering explosion in Xicheng, which shook even the sturdy county government to the ground, and everyone who fell on the house was discouraged.

Immediately afterward, from far and near, there were bursts of shouting and wailing.

Zhang Xianling got up and stood up, and he didn't even feel it when he turned over the table in front of him, "What's the situation?" Hurry up and send someone to check, what's wrong with Xicheng? ”

A servant here was just about to run out to check, and there was already a gang outside, who ran in, and the one with no face was not polite, and shouted loudly: "Oh no, Lord County, the Xicheng Signers have been scattered, the thieves have gone to the city, and the Xicheng is broken." ”

"What? Is the West City broken? Zhang Xianling stood there like a wood carved clay sculpture on the spot, muttering to himself in disbelief, "Xicheng, why is Xicheng broken?" Isn't Xicheng the main attack of thieves? ”

Zhang Xian Ling suddenly jumped out like a mad tiger, grabbed the collar of the gang who was about to slip away, and shouted hoarsely: "How did Xicheng break, isn't there no fighting there?" And what about the pacification? Let the town come to me, and I'm going to cut him down, and I'm going to cut him to pieces. ”

"That Zhenfu has already sat on the gunpowder and lit a fire, and died with the city." The gang of idlers still grabbed their collars, and they were anxious, so they threw the county zun to the ground with a strong force, and regardless of the county zun's scolding, they turned around and ran away.

At this time, it is important to save your life, and your county is nothing.

When Zhang Xianling got up, he looked at his general colleagues like headless flies, and muttered with a crying voice, "Didn't you say that thieves are attacking everywhere?" Doesn't it mean that Nancheng is the key attack of the thieves? Suddenly, Zhang Xianling shouted hysterically: "Okay, you damn thief with army Xu Zhong, damn Qianhu, you have hurt me, I will never spare you, I will report it now, I want to join you, I will cut your body into thousands of pieces." As he spoke, he went straight to the table in the lobby, and he was looking for pen and ink to write excerpts.

At this time, where is there still this leisure, the county master saw that the old man was crazy, and he didn't say much, stomped his feet, shouted, and made birds and beasts scatter.

Looking at the lively lobby that had just returned to the guests, it was empty in a blink of an eye, Zhang Xianling looked at it for a long time, suddenly turned around, ran into the back hall like crazy, and shouted loudly to a group of people who got information and had already cried and screamed to the heavens: "I don't want silver, I don't want anything, pick up valuable pearls and jade antiques, run with me." ”

Everyone who was in a hurry carried a bag of valuables, did not sit in a sedan chair, and rushed onto the street with a group of small families, and fled to the north gate with the panicked rich businessmen and gentry who came to the housekeeper.

Fortunately, the pole outside the north gate has been emptied by thieves, and no one is guarding it, so everyone runs out like a swarm, regardless of the county town behind them?

The responsibility for the loss of the city and the fall of the land? Deserted the city and fled? That's all in the future, as long as the human life is still there, it's just a little bit up and down, and then the sin is pushed to the pickled thousands of households to be appeased, not to mention the official reinstatement, but the life is absolutely safe.

Ran a long way, did not see a pole to chase, when I turned around, I saw the heavy gate of the north gate of Mizhi slammed shut, and there was no movement, although this made people confused, but everyone was relieved, one by one exhausted and slumped on a high ground, frightened to figure out the abnormal behavior of the pole.

Suddenly, Zhang Xianling, who had lost his shoes and socks official hat, burst out laughing, and his laughter was extremely joyful.

Everyone looked back together and said to themselves, "You are about to die, why are you still smiling so happily?" ”

After laughing for a while, the county magistrate exclaimed: "There are capable people among the thieves, throw away this sound of attacking the east and the west, gritting your teeth and fighting not to mention, just let us go of these officials, gentry and rich businessmen, it shows that they are far-sighted and forward-looking, I dare to conclude that within three or five days, the county will be obediently returned by the pole." Let's just wait for the regain of lost ground and make up for it. ”

Looking at the entourage officials who seemed to understand whether they understood or not, Zhang Xianling was not frustrated, and waved his sleeves and said: "Come on, go to Zuo near to find a big manor, let's stay first, or wait for the thieves to retreat, ah, no, wait for our Master Qian to recruit people, and we will counterattack the county seat in five days." ”